《实用综合教程3(学生用书)》是普通高等教育“十一五”**级规划教材之一。系列教材以《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求（试行）》为编写依据，融合传统与现代教学理念，强调语言基础知识的掌握，突出语言应用能力的培养。前瞻性：紧跟国内外英语教育改革的潮流，有效满足社会经济发展对高职高专教育的新要求，充分适应高职高专英语教学的发展趋势；科学性：采纳先进教学理念，合乎语言学习规律；合理利用现代教育技术手段，益教益学；实用性：紧扣学生专业方向，题材贴近生活，练习丰富多样，有效培养学生语言应用能力，帮助学生从容应对高等学校英语应用能力考试；够用性：根据学生未来工作、学习和交际需要，保证足够的语言输入量，难易度适当，确保学习效果；完整性：主干教材《实用综合教程》、《实用听说教程》和辅助教材《实用语法简明教程》、《实用写作教程》配套使用，课堂教学与学生自选、自学、自练有机结合，有利于教师发挥主导作用，便于学生自主学习。

Unit 1 The Information Age
Text A: Crazy Instant Messaging
Active Words: instant/complete/improve/develop/trouble
Grammar Tips: Direct Speech and Indirect Speech
Text B: The Struggle to Bring All Americans into the Computer Age
Comprehensive Exercises
Preparation for the Writing Test: Writing a Resume

Unit 2 Stories of Creation
Text A: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
Active Words: like/enjoy/taste/know/offer
Grammar Tips: Types of English Sentences
Text B: Prometheus and Pandora
Comprehensive Exercises
Preparation for the Writing Test: Writing a Letter

Unit 3 Names
Text A: What's in a Name?
Active Words: name/smell/deal/respect/fashion
Grammar Tips: Interrogative Sentence
Text B: Your Name Is Your Destiny
Comprehensive Exercises
Preparation for the Writing Test: Writing a Letter of Introduction

Unit 4 Role Models
Text A: Whose Lead Should I Follow?
Active Words: standard/aim/share/step/daily
Grammar Tips: Negation
Text B: A Role Model Can Change Your Life
Comprehensive Exercises
Preparation for the Writing Test: Writing an Invitation Card

Unit 5 The Business World
Text A: A Smart Move or an Error
Active Words: market/place/stop/consist/total
Grammar Tips: Exclamatory Sentence
Text B: Market Economics
Comprehensive Exercises
Preparation for the Writing Test: Writing a Memo

Unit 6 Genetic Technology
Text A: Clones: Double Trouble?
Active Words: double/copy/divide/sort/progress
Grammar Tips: Passive Voice
Text B: Trouble on the Table
Comprehensive Exercises
Preparation for the Writing Test: Writing a Letter of Invitation

Unit 7 Public Health
Text A: SARS
Active Words: form/contact/sign/suffer/measure
Grammar Tips: "There be..."
Text B: Epidemics and Human History
Comprehensive Exercises
Preparation for the Writing Test: Filling Out an Application Form

Unit 8 Attitudes and Happiness
Text A: Attitude Is Everything
Active Words: accept/own/reflect/decline/question
Grammar Tips: Sentences that Begin with "It"
Text B: Searching for Smiles
Comprehensive Exercises
Preparation for the Writing Test: Writing a Letter of Congratulation

Unit 9 Career and Life
Text A: Where Are All the Plumbers?
Active Words: process/notice/interest/service/further
Grammar Tips: Substitution and Omission
Text B: There's a Lot More to Life than a Job
Comprehensive Exercises
Preparation for the Writing Test: Writing a Letter of Consolation

Unit 10 Harry Potter
Text A: The Vanishing Glass
Active Words: find/press/knock/surprise/hear
Grammar Tips: Inversion
Text B: An Interview with J. K. Rowling
Comprehensive Exercises
Preparation for the Writing Test: Writing a Thank-You Letter
Glossary